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ities of life so that we ought to have somebody responsible for 

 identifying all of the beauty objectives. 



Now, since these are going to involve conflicting and overlapping 

 requirements for land and water, then secondly, we have got to find 

 a way organizationally to resolve the conflicts and establish priorities 

 in order to make it possible for us to get the wisest possible use 

 multiple use, if possible of these land and water resources which 

 are in such diminishing supply in the light of the many demands 

 made upon them. 



Finally, the organizational structure ought to insure continuity 

 and follow-through. The follow-through is terribly important when 

 you are talking about something as complex, confusing, and as frus- 

 trating as government on the three levels in America in 1965. 



So that getting back to your Council and a Senator has a 

 roundabout way of getting to a point getting back to the proposal 

 for the Council, I think this is a good starting point for discussion. 

 It may well end up as an important element in the recommendations 

 of this conference to the President. 



While I am answering, may I touch upon just one or two other 

 points? 



We are talking about this one concept in which we are all very 

 interested the beauty concept, the conservation concept. But 

 when we are all through talking, this has got to fit somehow into 

 the total functions of government. When it does, it can get lost, as 

 so many other worthy causes have been lost. So we have got to 

 think about making the entire structure of government more effective 

 also. If we are not wise in establishing the organization for this 

 particular purpose, we may actually overcomplicate the over-all 

 structure of government and do a disservice to our purposes rather 

 than to serve them. 



I would like to call your attention to some things that are going 

 on and some things that are proposed in this over-all area which 

 ought to be of interest to you. 



One, there is in existence the Advisory Commission on Intergov- 

 ernmental Relations. Now, this Commission has been working very 

 hard, effectively out of the headlines most of the time on the job 

 of trying to make the Federal system a more workable and effective 

 system. And I think that it has done a good job and I think that 

 many of its proposals haven't received the attention and the action 

 they ought to. 



